Word: trau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...camaraderie with her students, some of whom are going with her to Germany this spring on a two-week trip. Galer believes students are more knowledgeable these days, but in only a superficial way, and is upset that so many cannot write and spell properly. "The kids ask me, Trau Galer, do you mark off for German spelling?' I say 'Of course I do.' But if they ask me if I count off for English spelling, I say 'Of course not; you'd all flunk.' " She criticizes the severity of her native German schools, but frets: "Next year, these kids...